Tag: Title IV

Livin’ la vida loca at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue—even as the investments run out

July 29, 2025 Anglican Watch 4 comments

As Anglican Watch continues our investigation into corruption at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, we’ve come to realize that life at the parish is really first class. As in, first-class staterooms on the Titanic, after that nasty scraping sound along the hull. And there’s no better example than the outrageous

DioNY violates sexual assault victim’s right to privacy by contacting his employer in Title IV case

July 28, 2025 Eric Smith Leave a comment

The Episcopal Diocese of New York appears to have a dual standard regarding confidentiality in the midst of the Title IV cases against various clergy at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue involving sexual assault and related misconduct, including an attempt at cover-up. That includes contacting the victim’s employer with defamatory comments

Diocese of New York says in writing that sexual assault is “appropriate,” even as it re-traumatizes the victim of abuse at St. Thomas’ and ignores the plain language of the Title IV disciplinary canons.

July 20, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Today’s post highlights one of the ugliest aspects of the failed parish and diocesan responses to allegations of abuse at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. Specifically, in addition to retaliating against the complainant, the parish and the Diocese have gone out of their way to harm the complainant, with the

Rising tensions between St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and Diocese underscore need for independent Title IV bishop and other changes

July 15, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia There have been unmistakable signs of tension between St. Thomas Fifth Avenue and the Episcopal Diocese of New York since the stuff first hit the fan over multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment by St. Thomas staff against an adult male parishioner. This tension underscores

Alondra on Livin’ la vida loca at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue—even as the investments run out: “This is the MO of TEC – to use Title IV to discredit complainants. Kempf does the dirty work and…”

Anglican Watch on NEW STATISTICS TELL A DIRE STORY: DECLINE ON THE MIND OF THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS: “Totally agree. We spend too much on overhead and not enough on actually living out the Gospel message.”

Audrey Miskelley on NEW STATISTICS TELL A DIRE STORY: DECLINE ON THE MIND OF THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS: “As a dedicated interim/transition minister I have watched this decline with dismay. I agree that it isn’t really about “money”…”